BPJ is a chamber company consisting of 14 students of DCP at the doorstep of their dancing careers. The origin extends into the 60th - at that time an underground ensemble later attached to Charles University, eventually evolved into an artistic group of 'young dancers' following the examples of Haag, Paris and Barcelona. The present name originated from the great respect to the famous 'Ballet Prague' and the generation of artists that brought contemporary dance to Czech stage. The repertory starts in the workshops during international festivals: Nyon, London, Paris, Aberdeen, Tropea, New York and foremost Prague.

A few generations have already passed through this company beginning with Jiří Kylián and Vlastimil Harapes together with František Pokorný, Jan Hartman and Ivanka Kubicová including Petr Zuska, Jan Kodet and other young artists from conservatories in Barcelona, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Györ, Lodz, Ljubljana, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Pécs, Warsaw and Prague, and lately also from America and Canada who produce several one-act choreographies in total length of 2-3 hours every year. Outstanding foreign artists greatly influence the dramaturgical line of the ensemble: Samuel Delvaux (BEL), Attila Egerházi (HUN), Jochen Heckmann (GER), Rui Horta (POR), César Moniz (POR), Ramon Oller (ESP), Michael Popper (GB), Julio Rivera (USA), Jo Stromgren (NOR), Bruce Taylor (USA), Jiří Voborský (USA), Derek Williams (USA), and Lidia Wos (SWE, POL). Also music of the root choreographies is "postmodern": from Johann Sebastian Bach, W. A. Mozart to John Cage and Arvo Pärt including Frank Sinatra and Dead Can Dance.

A quality junior company - based on energy and enthusiasm of youth as well as professional work - can create a very interesting dramaturgical line, especially where traditional "stone theatres" cannot afford that for many different reasons. Lower costs, simpler production and technical conditions open the way to smaller regional theatres and new cultural centers. The company is very flexible and can also satisfy social and commercial demands outside the theatre premises. Educational performance for school "How to create a dancer" has been performed in the last 5 seasons 405 times in 62 hometowns, and in 9 foreign cities.

Interest in dance art is gradually increasing, as well as the demands of authors and audiences, in contrast to abundance of commercial impulses and fashionable waves, in which the quality of contemporary art is being atomized. This is the reason why we should pay special attention to upbringing of a new professional art generation as well as to promoting and marketing of contemporary dance art.